In this story of innocents destroyed by evil, the 'mockingbird' comes to represent the idea of innocence. Thus, to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence." ... Later in the book, Scout explains to Atticus that hurting their reclusive neighbor Boo Radley would be "sort of like shootin' a mockingbird."
There passage is trying to make it clear/logical about the topic in a straightforward manner
The sentence which used coordinating conjunction in order to join independent clauses is sentence 3.
<h3>What is a coordinating conjunction?</h3>
A coordinating conjunction is a word that is used to join clauses into a single sentence. Examples include "but," "if," and "and."
In sentence 3, two independent clauses are joined into one sentence by the conjunction, "but."
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